Teachers are NOT more at risk of catching Covid, ONS data finds

Teachers are no more likely to catch coronavirus than their peers, an official report has confirmed amid concerns about schools reopening next week. The Office for National Statistics study of 120 schools in England at the start of the second wave found similar rates of Covid antibodies among school staff and the general public.  About 14.6 … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Budget risk of rising rates

ALEX BRUMMER: Combination of big spending and monetary laxity is stoking future inflation fears, sending interest rate yields higher By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 GMT, 26 February 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 26 February 2021 The fretwork of any budget is the state of the public finances. The closer we have … Read more

5,000 jobs at risk in Asda shake-up just months after £6.8bn takeover

Up to 5,000 jobs at risk in Asda shake-up just months after Issa brothers’ £6.8bn debt-fuelled takeover By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 Up to 5,000 jobs are at risk at Asda as part of a major restructuring just months after the … Read more

Asda launches major restructure putting 3,000 jobs at risk

Asda has launched consultations with around 5,000 staff over a major restructuring which could put around 3,000 back office store workers at risk. The supermarket giant said the major restructuring has been driven by the ‘structural shift’ towards online grocery shopping during the pandemic. The grocery firm said it also plans to create around 4,500 … Read more

Asda launches major restructure putting 5,000 jobs at risk

Asda has launched consultations with around 5,000 staff over a major restructuring which could put around 3,000 back office store workers at risk. The supermarket giant said the major restructuring has been driven by the ‘structural shift’ towards online grocery shopping during the pandemic. The grocery firm said it also plans to create around 4,500 … Read more

A weekend lie-in can affect mood and INCREASE risk of depression

Having a lie-in at the weekend when you are used to getting up early all week can affect your mood and increase the risk of depression, according to a new study. Experts from the Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan’s academic medical centre used sleep and mood data from 2,1000 early career doctors taken over … Read more

Changing the time you wake up can affect your mood and increase your risk of depression

Having a lie-in at the weekend when you are used to getting up early all week can affect your mood and increase the risk of depression, according to a new study. Experts from the Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan’s academic medical centre used sleep and mood data from 2,1000 early career doctors taken over … Read more

Wearing a face mask can reduce your risk of SEVERE Covid-19

Wearing a face mask can reduce your risk of severe Covid-19: Humidity inside coverings limits the spread of the virus to the lungs leading to milder infection, study shows NIH researchers assessed humidity of a space before and after wearing a mask  Masks increase humidity by between 38 and 90 per cent compared to maskless This … Read more

DVLA asks staff to disclose their waist size as part of risk assessment

DVLA asks staff to disclose their waist size as part of risk assessment to decide who is healthy enough to return to working at their Swansea headquarters DVLA said to have asked staff to disclose their waist size for a risk assessment  Organisation said it did not ask staff members for exact waist measurements  Claimed … Read more

Alert over dozens of ‘high risk’ Chinese academics at Oxford

Alert over dozens of ‘high risk’ Chinese academics at Oxford: More than 80 students who attended army-linked universities were last year working in sensitive fields with potential military applications, think-tank claims More than 80 ‘high risk’ Chinese students in sensitive fields at Oxford last year 669 Chinese nationals who attended army-linked universities now work in … Read more